Apple Vision Pro to Go On Sale in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore

<p><strong>CUPERTINO <&sol;strong>&&num;8212&semi; Apple announced the Apple Vision Pro device will expand to new countries and regions&comma; with pre-orders for China mainland&comma; Hong Kong&comma; Japan&comma; and Singapore beginning this Thursday&comma; June 13&comma; at 6 p&period;m&period; PT and availability beginning Friday&comma; June 28&period; Customers in Australia&comma; Canada&comma; France&comma; Germany&comma; and the United Kingdom can pre-order Vision Pro beginning Friday&comma; June 28&comma; at 5 a&period;m&period; PT&comma; with availability beginning Friday&comma; July 12&period; Vision Pro seamlessly blends digital content with the physical world to deliver powerful spatial experiences that transform the way people work&comma; collaborate&comma; connect&comma; relive memories&comma; enjoy entertainment&comma; and much more&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The enthusiasm for Apple Vision Pro has been extraordinary&comma; and we are thrilled to introduce the magic of spatial computing to more customers around the world&comma;” said Tim Cook&comma; Apple’s CEO&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We can’t wait for more people to see the impossible become possible&comma; whether working and collaborating with an infinite canvas for apps&comma; reliving treasured memories in three dimensions&comma; watching TV shows and movies in a one-of-a-kind personal cinema&comma; or enjoying brand-new spatial experiences that defy imagination&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With visionOS 2&comma; available as a free software update this fall&comma; all Apple Vision Pro users will gain access to even more features that enhance how they engage with spatial computing&comma; including a powerful way to transform photos into 3D memories&semi; intuitive hand gestures to easily access the Home View and important information at a glance&semi; new capabilities for Mac Virtual Display&comma; Travel Mode&comma; and Guest User&semi; enhancements to Mindfulness&comma; Safari&comma; and the Apple TV app&semi; and much more&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The App Store now features more than 2&comma;000 apps designed for Apple Vision Pro&semi; more than 1&period;5 million compatible iOS and iPadOS apps&semi; and even more apps on Mac using Mac Virtual Display that work seamlessly alongside one another&period;1 The unique capabilities of Vision Pro&comma; paired with apps built by Apple’s worldwide developer community&comma; make it a remarkably versatile device for users&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This month&comma; developers around the world are launching new apps and games for Apple Vision Pro&comma; including DingTalk&comma; Douyin VR Live&comma; Migu Video&comma; Taobao&comma; Tencent Video&comma; and Weibo in China&semi; apps from Yahoo&excl; JAPAN&comma; LIFULL HOME’S&comma; U-NEXT&comma; and Nikkei in Japan&semi; and Singtel CAST&comma; StarHub TV&plus;&comma; and mewatch in Singapore — all available from day one&period; More apps will launch on Vision Pro next month&comma; including MUBI and Soul Spire in the United Kingdom&semi; Canal&plus;&comma; Foxar&comma; OQEE&comma; and SeLoger in France&semi; BILD&comma; OTTO&comma; and ZDF in Germany&semi; Classix and Sportsnet in Canada&semi; and Domain in Australia&period; Additionally&comma; global productivity tools like apps from Microsoft 365&comma; entertainment services like Disney&plus;&comma; and more will be available in many of these countries and regions at launch&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Apple Vision Pro will be available at all Apple Store locations in China mainland&comma; Hong Kong&comma; Japan&comma; Singapore&comma; Australia&comma; Canada&comma; France&comma; Germany&comma; the U&period;K&period;&comma; and the U&period;S&period;&comma; and the Apple Store online&comma; starting at &dollar;3&comma;499 &lpar;U&period;S&period;&rpar;&comma; with 256GB&comma; 512GB&comma; and 1TB storage capacities&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Customers in China mainland&comma; Hong Kong&comma; Japan&comma; and Singapore will be able to pre-order Apple Vision Pro beginning Thursday&comma; June 13&comma; at 6 p&period;m&period; PT&comma; with availability beginning Friday&comma; June 28&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Customers in Australia&comma; Canada&comma; France&comma; Germany&comma; and the U&period;K&period; will be able to pre-order Apple Vision Pro beginning Friday&comma; June 28&comma; at 5 a&period;m&period; PT&comma; with availability beginning Friday&comma; July 12&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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